July 19, 2006

The snotty little man showed his vulnerable side... and had to be auf'd. He was so proud, and then he admitted his mommy hurt him and he wanted to show her, and then... oh, no! Evil mommy was right! You will never be a fashion designer! And the dress looked like that gelatinous tree fungus sometimes found in restaurant food you wish you didn't order. And it made one breast larger than the other: you can't do that.

Poor Malan! Didn't he kind of remind you of Heather Matarazzo in "Welcome to the Dollhouse"?

Didn't you want Angela to go? Quite aside from the way she tormented the poor Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, she didn't make a sketch during the 30 minute sketch period. I don't do sketches. How do you feel about long gloves? Ugh.

ADDED: Adam Bonin asks some good questions, like "Is there such a thing as too much ruching?" and "Is there a show you thought you were less likely to hear the term 'feminazi' than this one?" And I'd like to ask: Is there anything more distracting than having the word "Detroit" tattoo'd -- in large script -- on your neck? And don't say a woman's plunging neckline that reveals only the boniest possible chestal region.

But the judges have never admitted to using the behind the scenes footage to make their decisions. All they officially had to go on is what Vincent said. They don't even interview Tim. So it was odd that they singled Angela out at all.

Was Miss USA involved in the decision as to which designer left? I thought that if she was, Angela would be gone because then the other judges would have known that she was totally unprepared (no sketches) and hopeless (gloves) for the project.

Didn't Malan admit to the judges that he should be the one to go? This always gets you eliminated on PR -- (think Vanessa from Season 1 and Danial F from Season 2). Also I wonder if the judges think Vincent is just a loon and ultimately wrote off his criticism of Angela, which was pretty lengthy but also emotional and non-specific.

I adored Malan the minute I saw him wear a fox stole in the bonus video. I can only hope he will be back on my TV in some other capacity soon.

Irene: Malan admitted he should be the one to go as between him and his partner. That was plain. He was responsible for the fungal dress. He wasn't conceding that he should go rather than Vincent or Angela.

Wurly: Yes, Miss USA was there to report that part.

I think it was weird that she picked Malan's design in the first place. It didn't look right for a pageant dress.

It was a really pleasant surprise to see that Malan was actually a nice guy. The snooty stuff was just a veneer that he discarded pretty quickly. I like that he and his partner were respectful of each other and got along even though they seemed like polar opposites.

Angela was pretty gross, but the first thing I thought when that guy called her "feminazi" was "I bet you hit on her and she gave you the freeze-out!"

I was surprised at the winning dress... the top looked all weird like it didn't fit right. However, it was the most pageant-esque.

Sounds like Malan was raised by Joan Crawford of "Mommie Dearest". What parent would say that ("it will never amount to anything") to their child?

I agree that Angela should have been auf'd since she failed to accomplish or even attempt neither tasks of the challenge, design and teamwork. Malan, at least, attempted both and failed at one, design.

At this point of the show, my faves are Robert and Keith (despite his atrocious ego). I thought Robert's dress should have won for the first challenge. He's the Chloe for me this season.

On that tattoo, apparently Detroit is his son's middle name, and the rest of it is some sentence in Italian.

Jeez, is this some kind of trend just for reality show contestants? The last Survivor had the guy who had a bunch of all-text tattoos, the most prominent of which was just the word "Boston", his son's name.

You people who are saying miss usa didnt wear that dress are stupid!!. she did. You have to watch the whole pagent, the gown part is towards the end. At the begining they are all wearing the same thing but at the end during the EVENING GOWN judging is when she wears the dress.